Two further Correa CNC machining centres have been ordered by Brookhouse Holdings plc, of Darwen to meet the increasing demand for precision tooling for the civil and military aerospace, automotive an

Two further Correa CNC machining centres have been ordered byBrookhouse Holdings plc, of Darwen to meet the increasing demandfor precision tooling for the civil and military aerospace,automotive and general engineering sectors. The two new machinetools will complement five large milling machines already inoperation at Brookhouse Patterns and Brookhouse SPD, theGroup's tooling companies, but will now add 5-axiscapability The new 5-axis machining centre is a Correa FP 50/50,which is of the double column bridge type. It has a workingenvelope of 5m x 3.25m x 1.25m and is scheduled for commissioningin November 2003, after installation at Brookhouse's IndiaMill factory in Darwen.

The other machine is of the fixed bed,travelling column design and offers full 3-axis, CNC capability.It has a working envelope of 2m x 0.8m x 0.8m and will beinstalled immediately at Brookhouse SPD in Tameside.

AllBrookhouse large-scale machine tools enjoy full, integrated CADsupport.

They are all networked to CAD stations and PCs to allowCAD files, in virtually any protocol, to be received fromcustomers by e-mail, FTP, ISDN or tapes and transferred directlyto Brookhouse's Catia V4 and V5 workstations.

After designapproval, on-shop RTM programming software is used to producemanufacturing programmes which can then be downloaded to theappropriate machining centre.

Brookhouse Holdings plc encompassesa number of companies, which together provide the expertise,facilities and resources in design and manufacture to meet theextremely high demands of today's aerospace sector and thegeneral engineering industry.

This total capability includes theproduction of all aspects of tooling in both composite materialsand metals, the precision engineering of tooling, jigs andfixtures, and the manufacture and repair of composite andmetallic components to international approval standards.